Flies for Fly Fishing

A brief description of a basic Czech nymph pattern.

I was lucky in that I could watch closely all the development work on the Czech nymphs...

Article about tying great small river streamer.

Article about tying another lake or river streamer.

Step by step instructions to tying the effective still water and river lure.

The hot summer months usually don’t allow us to visit trout waters with the notion of getting the better of the fishes’ activity throughout the day, as is possible at the beginning of the season. Salmonids at that time of year are rather active only in the early morning or late evening, while they spend the smothering heat of the day in the most-oxygenated and coldest parts of rivers and lakes (at the bottom) and are practically not active at all, with just some exceptions. During such days, we have 3 choices: A) Futilely spend our precious energy on these trout waters. B) Put on our swimsuits and lay on the bank all day. C) Stay true to our “addiction” and go a completely different way – fly fishing for carp basking in the sun!

For this edition of “At the Vice” I have chosen one of my favorite river fly patterns designed for barbel. It is a type of fly meant to imitate the natural food of the fish we are hunting. In this case that means a free living caddisfly larva – Rhyacophila.

Fly Tying tip for a killer buzzer pattern for stillwaters.

For this next episode in our fly tying series, I have chosen my absolutely favorite wet fly...

A lot of purists out there might frown upon the idea of having accessories like propeller blades, rubber jigging worms & even tiny spinner blades attached to their fly, & would class them more a lure than a fly.